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MESA, Ariz. — As Cubs' pitchers and catchers reported to their spring training facility Thursday, Cubs' attorneys and paralegals reported to a U.S. District courtroom back home in Chicago. The players may have little in common with the legal team currently battling rooftop owners in the long-running soap opera on the North Side, but they all share a "win or else" mentality in 2015. The Cubs' players need to prove the game plan on the field is working in Year Four of the Theo Epstein era, while the lawyers need to prove the team didn't violate a 2004 contract with rooftop owners to avoid further delays in Year One of the Wrigley Field renovation plan....

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